Hampton

History

The town was named after its former railway station, which in turn was named after Hampton then in Middlesex, England. In 1886, the Crows Nest railway line reached the town. Hampton Post Office opened on 19 May 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1887) and closed in 1977. Hampton State School opened on 22 August 1938. It closed in 1959.

Geography

Hampton is on the Darling Downs, west of the state capital, Brisbane. Situated at the top of an escarpment on the Great Dividing Range, Hampton is one of the small town located along the New England Highway between Toowoomba, (29 kilometres away) and Crows Nest (12 kilometres). There are three local dams that supply water to the surrounding area, all within a short distance of Hampton. These are Cooby Dam, Perseverance Dam and Cressbrook Dam. Recreational activities are available on some of the dams.

Most-observed species

• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  2,370
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,228
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  1,949
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  1,869
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  1,837
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  1,793
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  1,788
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  1,650